- Jurisdiction
- Utah
Back in September I was working for the United States Postal Service. I had worked for them for 2 years at that point. I put in for a position delivering packages for another company which I won't name at this point. Throughout the entire hiring and interviewing and questioning process at NO point did they mention anything about this position being part time/seasonal and that there would be a possibility that I would be let go come January February when it slows down. I would have never left the post office if they had disclosed that information with me. Im 33 and have a 10 year old daughter that I have custody of and I have $1100 a month house payment. I would have never taken this job with the possibility of being let go. I would have never accepted a part time/temporary position. One good thing is that the entire interview and hiring process was all done via text messages and I still have all those text messages. At no point did they even hint at the fact that there is a possibility of being let go after the busy season. Furthermore there have been several times that myself and other employees have talked with the supervisors and have been reassured that our jobs are safe. We were even told that being hired in September that we weren't considered the part time temporary seasonal employees, that they don't start hiring them until November December. Well anyways, on Thursday I received a text messages from one of the supervisors. A TEXT MESSAGE!!! And the text message even started with "Hey man" like you're just texting a buddy. The text message stated "hey man, weve decided not to keep you as an employee any longer." When I responded with "what's that about" the supervisor text me and said "we have too many drivers now and have to let some of them go, unfortunately you're one of them"
So my question is, is there any legal action I can take against them for not disclosing all the information with me back in September during the hiring process? I know I can't do anything about being let go, there are soo many laws and rights that protect employers when letting an employee go, I'm talking about the initial hiring process and them lying to me and hiring me under false pretenses and leading me to believe that this was a full time permanent position and even reassuring me that I wasn't considered one of the temporary seasonal employees because they don't hire them until November December. And that they neglected to mention a huge detail like the possibility of being let go after the busy season. As I mentioned earlier I never would have taken the job if they had been upfront and forthcoming about all the details of the job. So is there any legal action I can take in that regard??? Are employers not required to fully disclose everything about the position with a potential new employee? Are employers allowed to neglect to mention certain details about a position?
So my question is, is there any legal action I can take against them for not disclosing all the information with me back in September during the hiring process? I know I can't do anything about being let go, there are soo many laws and rights that protect employers when letting an employee go, I'm talking about the initial hiring process and them lying to me and hiring me under false pretenses and leading me to believe that this was a full time permanent position and even reassuring me that I wasn't considered one of the temporary seasonal employees because they don't hire them until November December. And that they neglected to mention a huge detail like the possibility of being let go after the busy season. As I mentioned earlier I never would have taken the job if they had been upfront and forthcoming about all the details of the job. So is there any legal action I can take in that regard??? Are employers not required to fully disclose everything about the position with a potential new employee? Are employers allowed to neglect to mention certain details about a position?
